GENERAL AGREEMENT on TAR/W/S/Rev.4 TARIFFS and TRADE
RESTRICTED GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TAR/w/s/Rev.4 -riinii-r-o Anr> rn.nr 17 March 1982 TARIFFS AND TRADE Limited Distribution
Committee on Tariff Concessions
IMPLEMENTATION OF MTN CONCESSIONS
Note by the Secretariat
Revision
The following list of dates for the implementation of tariff concessions granted in the Multilateral Trade Negotiations has been compiled on the basis of material available in the secretariat. The list normally indicates the date for the first tariff cut; following cuts would be implemented according to the general staging rules in paragraph 2(a) of the Geneva (1979) Protocol and the Supplementary Protocol, unless otherwise indicated. Special staging rules for particular types of products are not indicated but a reference to the Schedule concerned is made, where relevant.
The indication "entry into force of bindings" signifies that the concessions became legally valid on the date indicated but that no reduction was made at that date, the applied rates already being at or below the level of the concession. TAR/W/8/Rev.4 Page 2
GENEVA (1979) PROTOCOL
Date of acceptance Date for the first reduction
AUSTRIA 28 December 1979 July 1980 (two stages)* ARGENTINA 11 July 1979 January 1980 (whole reduction) CANADA 1 September 1981 January 1980* CZECHOSLOVAKIA 16 June 1980 July 1980 (one fourth of total cuts; remaining three fourths on 1.1.82, 1.1.84 and 1.1.86 respectively) EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 17 December 1979 January 1980* FINLAND 13 March 1980 January 1980* HUNGARY 17 December 1979 January 1980* ICELAND 15 April 1980 January 1980 (whole reduction) JAMAICA 12 December 1979 January 1980 (entry into force of bindings)* JAPAN 25 April 1980 26 April 1980 (two stages)* NEW ZEALAND 17 December 1979 January 1980 (whole reduction) NORWAY 28 December 1979 January 1980 ROMANIA 25 June 1980 6 June 1980 (two stages)* SOUTH AFRICA 18 December 1979 February 1980 (whole reduction) SPAIN 19 June 1981 July 1980 (two stages)* SWEDEN 20 December 1979 February 1980 (two stages)* SWITZERLAND 17 December 1979 January 1980* UNITED STATES 20 December 1979 January 1980* YUGOSLAVIA 2 June 1981 Date of acceptance (entry into force of bindings)
See special staging rules in Schedule. TAR/W/8/Rev.4 Page 3
SUPPLEMENTARY PROTOCOL
Date of acceptance Date for the first reduction
AUSTRALIA 31 March 1980 1 January 1980 (whole reduction) BRAZIL 23 June 1981 16 December 1981 (whole reduction) CANADA 1 September 1981 See Geneva (1979) Protocol above CHILE 12 March 1981 1 July 1980 (whole reduction)* DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 23 November 1979 1 October 1984 and 1 October 1986 (in both cases whole reduction) EGYPT 29 October 1980 29 October 1980 EEC 17 December 1979 See Geneva (1979) Protocol above HAITI Not yet accepted 1 January 1985 (whole reduction) INDIA 24 April 1980 1 January 1980 (entry into force of bindings) INDONESIA 20 November 1979 Date of acceptance (entry into force of bindings)
ISRAEL 14 September 1981 1 January 1987 (whole reduction) IVORY COAST 16 September 1981 Date of acceptance (entry into force of bindings) KOREA 6 January 1981 6 January 1981 (two stages) MALAYSIA 16 June 1980 1 January 1980 (entry into force of bindings) PAKISTAN 21 May 1981 1 July 1981 (whole reduction) PERU 8 February 1980 S February 1980 (entry into force of bindings) SINGAPORE 1 February 1980 1 January 1980 (entry into force of bindings) SPAIN 19 June 1981 See Geneva (1979) Protocol above URUGUAY 16 June 1980 16 June 1980 (entry into force of bindings) ZAIRE 11 November 1981 Date of acceptance (entry into force of bindings)
SCHEDULE OF BULGARIA
BULGARIA 27 November 1979 1 January 1981 (whole reduction)
See special staging rules in Schedule. TAR/W/8/Rev.4 Page 4
ACCESSION PROTOCOLS
Date of acceptance Date for the first reduction
COLOMBIA 3 September 1981 Date of acceptance (entry into force of bindings) PHILIPPINES 27 November 1979 1 January 1980* (entry into force of Protocol on 27 December 1979)
See special staging rules in Schedule.
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